There are some adjustments that need to be made in order for healthcare in this country to be more affordable and effective. One thing is to consider the time verses quality concept which is where the doctors see more given patients within a day and save time…
The health care system in the United States has several major problems. Among all of them, insurance policy is the core issue. The Unites States is the only developed country, except for South Korea, that does not provide healthcare for all of its citizens (Farrell). According to the research, there are still 50.7 million people uninsured, which is 16% of the United States population (about one in six people), or the combined population of 25 average-sized states, such as Oklahoma, Connecticut, Iowa, Mississippi, and Kansas (Parker-Pope). The main cause is that the price for health insurance is too high. Many people are not able to pay insurance premiums and over these years the situation has been getting worse and worse. During the past eight years, insurance premiums have nearly doubled, resulting in health insurance moving farther out of reach for millions (Farrell; Klein).…
One major problem of health care and the impact that it has on the consumer and the community would be the cost according to the HealthReform.gov website. Those that live in rural areas where poverty is higher have the highest rates of diseases that are chronic. Most have no insurance and that gives limits to having access to primary care physicians. The main goal of the national health care tax of 2010 was to permit coverage to all the citizens of the United States, as well as placing the necessary health care facilities in places that they were needed the most, such as in the rural areas of the United States (U.S. Department of Health & Human Services., 2014) When asked of most Americans what they believe the most important…
Today uninsured Americans make up approximately 4.2 million people. Because these families cannot afford the high cost of insurance, they do not get the health care needed to maintain good health. They must live with the pain and worry of the problem and when they do get medical care, they assume huge debts and another worry of how to pay for it.…
The cost of health care is a problem that the majority of Americans will face at some point in their lives. In America, the cost of health care is steadily rising while in other countries it is also rising but not nearly as quickly. This rising cost is causing many Americans to go without the care they need. How did we get to this point and what will we, as Americans, do about it? This is, by far, not a new problem, but it is one that has yet to be solved.…
Another solution to managed care in health care is access to affordable health care. According to “Health Care in Chaos: Will We Ever See Real Managed Care“ ”Lack of insurance coverage causes people not only to avoid preventive care, but to delay seeking illness care until later into the episode of illness.” The underinsured or uninsured will wait until they absolutely have to or need to be seen and end up going to the Emergency room costing themselves and other a lot more money out of pocket. If managed care was more affordable then there would be a lot less people needing insurance along with better health for those individuals. There are an increased number of uninsured people in the United States to roughly around 45.6 million people (Health Care in Chaos: Will We Ever See Real Managed Care).…
Introduction: The problem: Access to health care physically and financially, healthcare system in today’s society has failed to provide quality care for the U.S. Americans. There are so many ways that the system falls short in providing proper care. The healthcare is mainly based on the government to provide care for a particular group of people according to their income and not everyone has the same treatment, some having to pay for care through some type of insurance premium. When looking at this system of care, families are all dealing with the same issues in relations to not getting the treatment and quality care that they need. Many providers is having to see more patients in clinics than anticipated in terms causes a shorter visit with patients to address any kind of concerns and with uncoordinated care this leads to decrease in quality care of patients. High risk patients could be an issue for providers, because of the risk of malpractice, and increase of having malpractice insurance therefore providers are reluctant to see these patients which causes the patients to have less options for treatment choices. Healthcare Expenditure: this will continue to increase and families will continue to struggle and stress over how they will pay their medical bills. Healthcare systems are not slowing down on their costs and most of them are not willing to give families an efficient healthcare system for a better quality of care. The healthcare expenditures are increasing and the families incomes are not sufficient to compensate which makes this so stressful and hard for families to afford. When looking at the pharmaceutical spending, this has increased drastically. Medications is continuing to increase in costs, therefore, families are not able to get medications…
The rising cost of healthcare in today’s economy is in desperate need of reform. The cost of healthcare has affected the number of people able to receive medical care. Individuals are suffering more than ever because of the inability to receive medical attention when it’s needed.…
It is prudent to keep in mind that the current system leaves million Americans without health insurance. There are many factors contributing to the poor care quality. Healthcare is too expensive already and barriers just contribute to Americans not getting proper medical care. Americans want the best possible healthcare they can get and they are demanding a basic necessity insurance coverage despite their circumstances. Health care insurance needs to be simplified. Let examine these ten determinants and see if resolving them can simplify healthcare for everyone.…
As a growing number of Americans find themselves without health insurance, it is demanded that the United States explore innovative policies aimed at extending coverage. The high cost of expanding coverage raises many questions about how best to improve access while preserving individual choice and maintaining quality of care. Differing viewpoints among policymakers, insurers, doctors, hospital administrators, employers, public health advocates, and health policy researchers provide a complete picture of the current and desired state of American healthcare.…
The problem of access reaches beyond the 44 million Americans who lack health insurance-a number that is expected to reach 52 to 54 million over the next 10 years. The growing numbers are of concern because those without coverage tend to delay or forego important preventative and primary care services. Community-based efforts are needed to track health problems and assess unmet needs.…
America now has an extremely developed health care system, which is accessible to every person who needs it. Even though it can be extremely difficult and annoying at various periods of time it has come a long way from the original health care organizations of the past. Before the majority of health care services were just a place where the ill were dwelling and cared for until someone death. Doctors rarely trained in hospitals and merely those who were lucky may possibly have enough money for appropriate care at home or in a private clinic. In the present day the intensity of health care needs has grown massively. Currently the objective of the…
There are three issues in health care reform accessibility, affordability, and sustainability (Shortell, 2009). The first challenge of health care reform is accessibility. Accessibility; basically meant that insurers would have to expand insurance…
Everyone should have the opportunity to achieve a healthy life and have comprehensive health care services available to them. To achieve this healthy life, people need to have access to the health care system and to a health care provider with whom they can develop a trusting relationship. However, existing barriers to attaining health care services often lead to disparities which in turn lead to differences in life expectancy, health status and a higher prevalence of certain chronic diseases (HealthyPeople.gov, 2012).…
I. What is society’s obligation to ensure access to a basic level of health care for all its citizens and how can it be accomplished?…